Sandeep Sharma,the journalist killed in Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan
"Journalist Sandeep Sharma has died in a road mishap". The driver of the truck fled the scene, the police said.
"He was rushed to a local hospital where he succumbed to injuries".
He wrote that Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDOP) was part of the mafia engaged in illegal sand mining.
"We have formed a special team to nab the accused", Bhojpur SP Avkash Kumar said.
He was also threatened by the Police for carrying out "sting operation" against the department which would uncover the links between Sand Mafia and the Police.
Sandeep Sharma, a journalist with a national news channel, was probing a possible nexus between the police and the sand mafia.
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Sharma said that CCTV footage accessed by police clearly showed the empty dumper following the victim for quite some time before hitting him and running over him. "Often these investigative journalists are derided as "blackmailers" in small towns".
Sharma, who had been reporting against Sand Mafia, was mowed down by a speeding truck in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind on Sunday.
This is not the first time that a journalist has been killed in the line of duty. India ranks 136 on the World Press Freedom Index for 2017, released by Reporters Without Borders for 180 countries.
Earlier this month, Indian police arrested a member of a hardline Hindu group for her murder.
The death has sparked off political slugfest with the Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia demanding a CBI probe into the case and chief minister Shivraj Singh jumping in to defend his government and assuring that safety of journalists would be ensured at all costs. Also, no security cover was provided to Sharma even after the threat perception, local journalists said, according to the HT report.
Over 40 deaths linked to an exam-cheating scandal in Madhya Pradesh that involved bribes worth millions of dollars has rocked the state since 2013.
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